2017 Boise State Broncos football team

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2017 Boise State Broncos football
Boise State "B" logo.svg
Mountain West champion
MW Mountain Division champion
Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 38–28 vs. Oregon
Conference Mountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 22
Record11–3 (7–1 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Zak Hill (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Andy Avalos (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadium Albertsons Stadium
Uniform
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Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$  7 1   11 3  
Colorado State  5 3   7 6  
Wyoming  5 3   8 5  
Utah State  4 4   6 7  
Air Force  4 4   5 7  
New Mexico  1 7   3 9  
West Division
Fresno State xy  7 1   10 4  
San Diego State  6 2   10 3  
UNLV  4 4   5 7  
Nevada  3 5   3 9  
Hawaii  1 7   3 9  
San Jose State  1 7   2 11  
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season was the Broncos' 81st season overall, seventh as a member of the Mountain West Conference and fifth within the Mountain Division. The Broncos played their home games at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bryan Harsin and first year quarterback Owen Smith, contributing to a monumental 2017 season with him in the command. They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain Division. They defeated West Division champion Fresno State in the Mountain West Championship Game to become Mountain West champions. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Oregon.

Contents

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released.

Rimington Trophy – Sr. C Mason Hampton [1]

Chuck Bednarik Award – Jr. DT David Moa [2]

Maxwell Award – Jr. QB Brett Rypien [3]

Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Jr. DT David Moa [4]

Outland Trophy – Sr. OT Archie Lewis & Jr. DT David Moa [5]

John Mackey Award – Sr. TE Jake Roh [6]

Paul Hornung Award – Sr. WR Cedrick Wilson Jr. [7]

Fred Biletnikoff Award – Sr. WR Cedrick Wilson [8]

Wuerffel Trophy – Jr. QB Brett Rypien [9]

Davey O'Brien Award – Jr. QB Brett Rypien [10]

Walter Camp Award – Jr. QB Brett Rypien [11]

Manning Award – Jr. QB Brett Rypien [12]

Mountain West media days

At the Mountain West media days, held at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Broncos were picked as the overwhelming favorites to win the Mountain Division title, receiving 21 of a possible 28 first place votes. [13] Sr. OL Mason Hampton was selected to the all-conference first team offense. Jr. DL David Moa and Jr. DB Tyler Horton were selected to the all-conference first team defense. [14]

Media poll

Mountain Division

  1. Boise State – 161 (21)
  2. Colorado State – 135 (6)
  3. Wyoming – 114 (1)
  4. Air Force – 82
  5. New Mexico – 68
  6. Utah State – 28

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21:45 p.m. Troy * ESPNU W 24–1331,581
September 98:30 p.m.at No. 20 Washington State * ESPN L 44–47 3OT32,631
September 146:00 p.m. New Mexico
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
ESPN W 28–1428,385
September 226:00 p.m. Virginia *
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
ESPN2L 23–4233,947
October 68:15 p.m.at BYU *ESPNW 24–759,753
October 148:30 p.m.at No. 19 San Diego State CBSSN W 31–1449,053
October 218:15 p.m. Wyoming
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
ESPN2 W 24–1435,565
October 288:00 p.m.at Utah State CBSSNW 41–1419,012
November 45:00 p.m. Nevada Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID (rivalry)
ESPNUW 41–1430,858
November 118:30 p.m.at Colorado State CBSSNW 59–52 OT32,166
November 188:15 p.m. Air Force No. 25
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
ESPN2W 44–1933,030
November 251:30 p.m.at Fresno State No. 23CBSSNL 17–2831,526
December 25:45 p.m.No. 25 Fresno State
ESPN W 17–1424,515
December 161:30 p.m.vs. Oregon *No. 25 ABC W 38–2836,432
Schedule Source [15]

Roster

2017 Boise State Broncos football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Cedrick Wilson Jr. Sr
QB 3 Montell Cozart Redshirt.svg  Sr
QB 4 Brett Rypien Jr
WR 6C. T. ThomasFr
WR 7 A. J. Richardson Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 8Sean Modster Redshirt.svg  Jr
QB 10Chase CordFr
QB 16Tanner BoltFr
WR 17Austin CottrellSr
RB 21Ryan Wolpin Redshirt.svg  Sr
RB 22 Alexander Mattison So
RB 29Drake BeasleyFr
WR 30Ravon AlexanderJr
WR 31Justin CollinsSo
RB 34Robert Mahone Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 39Jake Shaddox Redshirt.svg  So
TE 47Matt Pistone Redshirt.svg  So
OL 52Andrew Tercek Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 59Mason Hampton Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 64Ben Vering Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 65Zachary TroughtonJr
OL 66Isiah MooreJr
OL 67Garrett Larson Redshirt.svg  So
OL 68Jake StetzFr
OL 69Austin Dixon Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 70 John Ojukwu Fr
OL 71Donte Harrington Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 73Nick Crabtree Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 74Archie Lewis Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 75Kole Bailey Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 76 Ezra Cleveland Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 77 John Molchon Redshirt.svg  So
OL 78Andres Preciado Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 79Eric Quevedo Redshirt.svg  So
WR 80Christian Blaser Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 81Akilian ButlerJr
WR 82Octavius EvansFr
WR 83Damon ColeFr
TE 85 John Bates Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 86Chase Blakley Redshirt.svg  Jr
TE 87Alec Dhaenans Redshirt.svg  Sr
TE 88Jake Roh Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 89Brock Barr Redshirt.svg  Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 4DeAndre PierceSo
OLB 5Garrett Collingham Redshirt.svg  So
OLB 7Ezekiel NoaFr
DE 8Jabril FrazierJr
OLB 9Desmond Williams Redshirt.svg  Fr
S 10Kekoa NawahineSo
CB 13Marques EvansFr
CB 14Tyler HortonJr
S 15Evan Tyler Redshirt.svg  So
S 15Jalen Walker Redshirt.svg  Fr
MLB 17Phillip MillsFr
CB 18Jermani BrownFr
DE 19Aisa KelemeteFr
OLB 20Roman KafentzisFr
CB 21Tyreque JonesFr
S 23Damion Wright Redshirt.svg  So
MLB 24Breydon BoydFr
MLB 25Benton WickershamFr
CB 26 Avery Williams Redshirt.svg  Fr
CB 28 Kekaula Kaniho Fr
CB 30Robert Lewis Redshirt.svg  Fr
S 31Skyler Seibold Redshirt.svg  Jr
S 32Jordan Happle Redshirt.svg  Fr
OLB 33Gabe Perez Redshirt.svg  Sr
MLB 34Solo Taylor Redshirt.svg  Fr
DE 35Derriyon Shaw Redshirt.svg  Fr
OLB 36Blake WhitlockSr
S 37Cameron Hartsfield Redshirt.svg  Sr
OLB 38 Leighton Vander Esch Redshirt.svg  Jr
DT 40Jabari Watson Redshirt.svg  Fr
OLB 41Will Heffner Redshirt.svg  So
OLB 42Clay BowlerFr
MLB 43Joe Provenzano Redshirt.svg  Jr
OLB 44Riley WhimpeyFr
DE 45Kayode Rufai Redshirt.svg  Fr
S 47Ma'a Tanuvasa Redshirt.svg  Fr
MLB 48Bruno DeRose Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 49John MackesyJr
DE 53Sam Whitney Redshirt.svg  So
DT 54Matt Locher Redshirt.svg  So
DT 55 David Moa Redshirt.svg  Jr
MLB 56Joseph Inda Redshirt.svg  Jr
DT 57Emmanuel FesiliSo
MLB 58Tyson MaevaSo
DT 90Daniel AueluaSr
DE 91Durrant MilesJr
DT 92Paul Semons Redshirt.svg  Jr
DT 93Chase HatadaSo
OLB 95Nick Provenzano Redshirt.svg  Fr
DT 97Austin Silsby Redshirt.svg  Sr
DT 98Sonatane LuiSo
DE 99 Curtis Weaver Redshirt.svg  Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 46Joel Velazquez Redshirt.svg  Fr
P 49Quinn Skillin Redshirt.svg  Jr
LS 50Nicholai PitmanSo
LS 51Daniel CantrellFr
K 94Kevin MadiganFr
K 96Haden Hoggarth Redshirt.svg  Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Kent Riddle – Associate head coach/Special teams coordinator/Tight ends
  • Zak HillOffensive coordinator/Quarterbacks
  • Andy AvalosDefensive coordinator
  • Lee MarksRunning backs
  • Eric KiesauWide receivers
  • Ashley AmbroseCornerbacks
  • Brad BedellOffensive linemen
  • Steve Caldwell – Defensive linemen
  • Gabe Franklin – Safeties
  • Jeff Pitman – Director, Strength and Conditioning
  • Mark Mace – Quality control, Offense
  • Matt Coombs – Quality control, Defense
  • Dustin Kamper – Quality control, Special teams
  • Spencer DanielsonGraduate assistant
  • Latu Heimuli – Graduate assistant
  • Nate PotterGraduate assistant
  • Derek Schouman – Graduate assistant

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 8/12/23

Game summaries

Troy

Troy at Boise State
1234Total
Trojans370313
Broncos7100724
  • Date: September 2, 2017
  • Location: Albertsons Stadium
    Boise, ID
  • Game start: 1:47 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutes
  • Game attendance: 31,581
  • Game weather: Temperature: 92 °F (33 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: Calm
  • Referee: Ted Pitts
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): Mike Couzens and John Congemi
Uniform Combination
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At Washington State

Boise State at Washington State
1234OT2OT3OTTotal
Broncos7371437344
No. 20 Cougars7302137647
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New Mexico

New Mexico at Boise State
1234Total
Lobos070714
Broncos7701428
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Virginia

Virginia at Boise State
1234Total
Cavaliers71414742
Broncos770923
  • Date:September 22, 2017
  • Location: Albertsons Stadium
    Boise, ID
  • Game start: 6:01 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 24 minutes
  • Game attendance: 33,947
  • Game weather: Temperature: 51 °F (11 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: N 4 MPH
  • Referee: David Epperly
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath (sideline)
Uniform Combination
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Boise State on defense in the 1st half. Boise State vs Virginia 2017.png
Boise State on defense in the 1st half.

At BYU

Boise State at BYU
1234Total
Broncos0170724
Cougars70007
  • Date:October 6, 2017
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium
    Provo, UT
  • Game start: 8:26 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 12 minutes
  • Game attendance: 59,753
  • Game weather: Temperature: 50 °F (10 °C) • Weather: Night Game • Wind: Calm
  • Referee: Kevin Hassell
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath (sideline)
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At San Diego State

Boise State at San Diego State
1234Total
Broncos14701031
No. 19 Aztecs007714
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Wyoming

Wyoming at Boise State
1234Total
Cowboys707014
Broncos0371424
  • Date: October 21, 2017
  • Location: Albertsons Stadium
    Boise, ID
  • Game start: 8:21 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 6 minutes
  • Game attendance: 35,565
  • Game weather: Temperature: 43 °F (6 °C) • Weather: Light Rain • Wind: ESE 12
  • Referee: David Alvarez
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Roy Philpott and Tom Ramsey
Uniform Combination
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At Utah State

Boise State at Utah State
1234Total
Broncos14147641
Aggies707014
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Nevada

Nevada at Boise State
(rivalry)
1234Total
Wolf Pack770014
Broncos10217341
Uniform Combination
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At Colorado State

Boise State at Colorado State
1234OTTotal
Broncos3142114759
Rams2114710052
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Alexander Mattison set the Boise State record for yards from scrimmage with 286 yards. Mattison rushed for 242 yards on the ground and picked up 44 receiving yards. [16]

Air Force

Air Force at Boise State
1234Total
Falcons730919
No. 25 Broncos171010744
  • Date: November 18, 2017
  • Location: Albertsons Stadium
    Boise, ID
  • Game start: 8:26 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 2 minutes
  • Game attendance: 33,030
  • Game weather: Temperature: 37 °F (3 °C) • Weather: Fair • Wind: ESE 9
  • Referee: Reggie Smith
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Roy Philpott and Tom Ramsey
Uniform Combination
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At Fresno State

Boise State at Fresno State
(Battle for the Milk Can)
1234Total
No. 24 Broncos703717
Bulldogs7361228
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Fresno State (Mountain West Championship Game)

Boise State vs Fresno State
(Mountain West Conference Championship Game)
1234Total
No. 25 Bulldogs0140014
Broncos370717
  • Date: December 2, 2017
  • Location: Albertsons Stadium
    Boise, ID
  • Game start: 5:50 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 27 minutes
  • Game attendance: 24,515
  • Game weather: Temperature: 40 °F (4 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: E 4 MPH
  • Referee: David Alvarez
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath (sideline)
Uniform Combination
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Bryan Harsin and players celebrate with the MW championship trophy. Boise State 2017 MW Champs.png
Bryan Harsin and players celebrate with the MW championship trophy.

vs Oregon (Las Vegas Bowl)

Boise State vs Oregon
(Las Vegas Bowl)
1234Total
No. 25 Broncos14107738
Ducks01401428
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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP RVRVRVRVRVRV25RV2522
Coaches RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV24RV2522
CFP Not released252325Not released

Post-season awards

Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year

Leighton Vander Esch – Jr. LB

Mountain West first team

Offense

Cedrick Wilson Jr. – Sr. WR

Jake Roh – Sr. TE

Mason Hampton – Sr. OL

Defense

Curtis Weaver – Fr. DL

Leighton Vander Esch – Jr. LB

Tyler Horton – Jr. DB

Mountain West second team

Offense

Brett Rypien – Jr. QB

Archie Lewis – Sr. OL

Avery Williams – Fr. PR/KR

Defense

Jabril Frazier – Jr. DL

David Moa – Jr. DL

Kekoa Nawahine – So. DB

Sean Wale – Sr. P

Mountain West honorable mention

Ezra Cleveland – FR. OL

Haden Hoggarth – Jr. K

Alexander Mattison – So. RB

Tyson Maeva – So. LB

Durrant Miles – Jr. DL

John Molchon – So. OL

DeAndre Pierce – So. DB

Award Reference: [17]

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Leighton Vander Esch LB119 Dallas Cowboys
Cedrick Wilson Jr. WR6208 Dallas Cowboys

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